Superfund Research Program

Claudiu Lungu

University of Alabama at Birmingham
RPHB 520B
Frank & Kathleen Ellis Ryals School of Public Health Building
Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0022
Phone: 205-934-2072
Email: clungu@uab.edu

Projects

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: Nano-Micro Hybrid Fibrous Materials for Contaminant Removal and Site Remediation (2020-2025)

Patents

• Photothermal Desorption Compatible Volatile Organic Compound Diffusive Sampler

Publications

2023

• Shedd J, Oh J, Floyd EL, Lungu C. 2023. Characterization of photothermal desorption-compatible diffusive samplers for volatile organic compounds. ACS Environ Au 3(4):242-248. doi:10.1021/acsenvironau.2c00071 PMID:37483304 PMCID:PMC10360198
• Yang S, Wickliffe JK, Kibelka G, Overton EB, Lungu C, Oh J. 2023. Laboratory evaluation of a prototype portable gas chromatograph (GC) with a flame ionization detector (FID) for toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (TEX) analysis. J Anal Sci Technol 14(1):doi:10.1186/s40543-023-00404-2

2022

• Floyd EL, Oh J, Sapag K, Oni TM, Lungu C. 2022. Photothermal desorption of toluene from carbonaceous substrates using light flash. Nanomaterials 12(4):662. doi:10.3390/nano12040662 PMID:35214991 PMCID:PMC8876870
• Jones SR, Shedd J, Oh J, Lungu C. 2022. Evaluating the effects of modified windscreens on organic vapor monitor performance. Environ Health Insights 16:doi:10.1177/11786302221078430 PMID:35173446 PMCID:PMC8842150

2021

• Shedd J, Kuehster WW, Ranjit S, Hauser AJ, Floyd EL, Oh J, Lungu C. 2021. Determining the thermal properties of buckypapers used in photothermal desorption. ACS Omega 6(8):5415-5422. doi:10.1021/acsomega.0c05613 PMID:33681581 PMCID:PMC7931396

2020

• Gupta N, Kozlovskaya V, Dolmat M, Yancey B, Oh J, Lungu C, Kharlampieva E. 2020. Photocatalytic nanocomposite microsponges of polylactide-titania for chemical remediation in water. ACS Appl. Polym. Mater 2(11):5188-5179. doi:10.1021/acsapm.0c00937